Download or read book Travels in Arabia the Original Classic Edition written by Bayard Taylor and published by Tebbo. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Travels in Arabia. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Bayard Taylor, which is now, at last, again available to you. Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have Travels in Arabia in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, eReader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW. Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside Travels in Arabia: Look inside the book: The people here have an odd and foolish sort of tradition concerning them, viz., That when Abraham went about building the Beat-Allah (Beit-Allah, or 'House of God'), God by his wonderful providence did so order it, that every mountain in the world should contribute something to the building thereof; and accordingly every one did send its proportion, though there is a mountain near Algier which is called Corradog, i.e., Black Mountain, and the reason of its blackness, they say, is because it did not send any part of itself towards building the temple at Mecca. ..."About half a mile out of Mecca is a very steep hill, and there are stairs made to go to the top of it, p. 13where is a cupola, under which is a cloven rock; into this, they say, Mahomet when very young, viz., about four years of age, was carried by the angel Gabriel, who opened his breast and took out his heart, from which he picked some black blood specks, which was his original corruption; then put it into its place again, and afterward closed up the part; and that during this operation Mahomet felt no pain." About Bayard Taylor, the Author: The accounts which he sent from Europe to The New York Tribune, The Saturday Evening Post, and The United States Gazette were so highly appreciated that on Taylor's return to America, he was advised to compile his articles into book form. ...The results of these journeys (besides his poetical memorials) were A Journey to Central Africa; or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt to the Negro Kingdoms of the White Nile (New York, 1854); The Lands of the Saracen; or, Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily and Spain (1854); and A Visit to India, China and Japan in the Year 1853 (1855).
Download or read book Travels in Arabia Deserta written by Charles Montagu Doughty and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wanderings in Arabia written by Charles M. Doughty and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLASSIC TRAVEL WRITING. Travels in Arabia Deserta has been hailed as the finest travel account in the English language. It is the first book to be written, in any language, about wide tracts of the Arabian Penisula. Out of his remote and lonely wanderings, Doughty fashioned a lyrical evocation of the desert and the peoples who inhabit this mysterious world. The great Arabist, T. E. Lawrence also enthused about Doughty's achievement: 'The book had no date and can never grow old. It is the first and indispensable work upon the Arabs of the desert'.
Download or read book Travels in Arabia Deserta written by Charles Montagu Doughty and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travels in Arabia Deserta, originally published in 1888, is a two-volume set which describes English poet Charles Doughty's extensive travels through the Arabian deserts and the discoveries he made there. The work became well-regarded for its beautiful prose as well as its extensiveness, which made it a benchmark of ambitious travel writing in the early 20th century. Written in the style of the King James Bible, the text is extravagant and creative. In the 1920's, it was discovered by British Army Officer T.E. Lawrence, who spurred the book's republication, this time with an introduction from Lawrence. The book has been in and out of print since then, but the Cosimo edition is a rare 1921 reprint, and includes the Lawrence introduction. Volume I includes T.E. Lawrence's Introduction, as well as accounts of Doughty's treks to Mecca, Ammon and Moab, the Mountain of Edom, Arabia, the Passage of the Harra, Teyma, and more. He also describes nomad life in the desert and ancient stories, peoples, and myths connected with his travels. CHARLES MONTAGU DOUGHTY (1843-1926) was an English poet and writer born in Theberton Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk. He attended King's College London and graduated from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1864. Among this author's works are an epic poem in six volumes titled The Dawn in Britain, published in 1906, and his well-known Travels in Arabia Deserta, for which he received much praise.
Download or read book Travels in Arabia Classic Reprint written by Bayard Taylor and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Travels in Arabia Arabia has been inhabited by the same race since the earliest times, and has changed less, in the course of thousands of years, than any other country of the globe, not excepting China. According to Biblical genealogy, the natives are descended from Ham, through Cush but the Bedouins have always claimed that they are the posterity of Ishmael. Some portions of the country, such as Edom, or Idumaea, Teman and Sheba, (the modern Yemen, ) are mentioned in the Old Testament but neither the Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian, nor Egyptian monarchies succeeded in gaining possession of the peninsula. Alexander the Great made preparations for a journey of conquest, which was prevented by his death, and Trojan was the only Roman emperor who penetrated into the interior. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Travels in Arabia Deserta Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Charles M. Doughty and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-19 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Travels in Arabia Deserta, Vol. 1 Printed IN great britain BY william clowes and sons, limited, duke street, stamford street, s.e. I, and great windmill street, W. I. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Travels in Arabia Deserta Vol 2 Classic Reprint written by Charles Montagu Doughty and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Travels in Arabia Deserta, Vol. 2 Curious questioning of the townspeople. A Moor hakim had visited Hayil. He cast out demons. The jins. Superstitious fears of the Arabs. Exorcists. A counterfeit Christian vaccinator cut off in the desert. Advantage of the profession of medicine. Hamud sends his sick infant son to the Nasrany hakim, who cures also Hamud's wife. Diseases at Hayil. The great Kasr. The guest-chambers. Hayil house-building. Wards of the town. Artificers. Visit to S'weyfly. The makbara has swallowed up the inhabitants. Deaf and dumb man-at-arms of the Emir. Majid shooting with ball. English gunpowder. Gulf words heard at Hayil. Palms and a gum-mastic tree in Ajja. 'The coming of Mohammed foretold in the Enjil.' Hamud's tolerant urbanity. Another audience. The princely family of Ibn Rashid. Telal a slayer of himself. Metaab succeeded him. His nephews, Telal's sons, conspire to kill him. Metaab dies by their shot. Bunder prince. Mohammed who fled to er-Ridth returns upon assurance of peace. He is again conductor of the Bagdad pilgrims. He comes again to Hayil with the yearly convoy of temmn for the public kitchen. Bunder rides forth with his brother Bedr and Hamud to meet him. Mohammed slays (his nephew) Bunder Hamud's speech to the people. Tragedies in the Castle. Mohammed's speech in the Meshab. He sits down as Muhafuth. Bedr taken and slain. Mohammed slays the slayer. Hamud's nature. Mohammed the Emir is childless. His moderation and severity. The princely bounty. The Shammar state. Villages and hamlets. The public dues and taxes and expense of government. The Prince's horses sold in India. His forces. Ibn Rashid's forays. He "weakens" the Aarab. The Shammar principality. When I returned in the afternoon from the ascent of the Sumra I found it was already a matter of talk in the town. The first persons met with approached to ask me, "What have you found there - anything? tell us! certainly you went to see something yonder, and else wherefore had the Nasrany climbed upon those high rocks, and paid pence for an ass?" As I passed by the suk tradesmen beckoned to me from the shops, they too would speak with me of the adventure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book Two Arabic Travel Books written by Tim Mackintosh-Smith and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its ports, we find a priceless cargo of information; here are the first foreign descriptions of tea and porcelain, a panorama of unusual social practices, cannibal islands, and Indian holy men--a marvelous, mundane world, contained in the compass of a novella. In Mission to the Volga, we move north on a diplomatic mission from Baghdad to the upper reaches of the Volga River in what is now central Russia. This colorful documentary by Ibn Fadlan relates the trials and tribulations of an embassy of diplomats and missionaries sent by caliph al-Muqtadir to deliver political and religious instruction to the recently-converted King of the Bulghars. During eleven months of grueling travel, Ibn Fadlan records the marvels he witnesses on his journey, including an aurora borealis and the white nights of the North. Crucially, he offers a description of the Viking Rus, including their customs, clothing, tattoos, and a striking account of a ship funeral.
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Download or read book Travels in Arabia Vol 1 of 2 written by James Raymond Wellsted and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Travels in Arabia, Vol. 1 of 2: Oman and Nakab 'El Hajar With the exception of that portion relating to the peninsula of Sinai, the following volumes contain the Author's researches in parts of Arabia hitherto imperfectly or wholly unknown to Euro peans. They may, therefore, derive a value from these considerations to. Which it is very certain they would otherwise have no claim. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Travels in Arabia written by James Raymond Wellsted and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Download or read book The Book of Travels written by Ḥannā Diyāb and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Book of Travels is Ḥannā Diyāb's remarkable first-person account of his travels as a young man from his hometown of Aleppo to the court of Versailles and back again"--
Download or read book Travels in Arabia Vol 1 of 2 written by John Lewis Burckhardt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Travels in Arabia, Vol. 1 of 2: Comprehending an Account of Those Territories in Hedjaz Which the Mohammedans Regard as Sacred Gard to mere elegance of style or selection of terms, his original language, wherever an alteration was not absolutely necessary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Arabia Egypt India written by Isabel Burton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Arabia, Egypt, India: A Narrative of Travel No really, Mrs. Burton, I cannot undertake your book, because we all know everything about India; we have sucked it dry, and are sick of it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Travels in Arabia Deserta written by M. Charles Doughty and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2015 Reprint of Original 1955 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Abridged by Edward Garnett. Long famous among scholars and students of Arab history and culture, readers of travel and adventure books, and lovers of English literature, Charles M. Doughty's "Travels in Arabia Deserta" is in its original form a formidable work of over 1,400 pages, a daunting length for many readers. This excellent abridgment, less than a quarter of that length, is ideally suited to a wide audience of general readers. Written after the author had spent two years wandering among the Bedouin nomads, the remarkable book describes Doughty's attempt to reach Mecca, his endurance of extraordinary hardships, and his first-hand observations of Arab life and culture in the 1870s. The work is as revered for the exceptional power and beauty of its prose as it is for its panoramic view of a fascinating and mysterious land. Originally published as "Passages from Arabia Deserta" by Horace Liveright, Inc., New York, 1931.
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Download or read book Arabistan Or the Land of the Arabian Nights written by Wm. Perry Fogg and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Arabistan, or the Land of "the Arabian Nights" Being Travels Through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad My motive in visiting these countries was not merely the pursuit of pleasure, but a desire to gratify a long-cherished wish, I might almost say a passion, to see, at least once in my lifetime, the strange and curious nations of the Orient, which have always had for me a strange fascination. The excuse of ordinary travelers who write books, was not mine. I was not ordered abroad by the doctors, but started in perfect health, which I retained through all the vicissitudes of scene and climate, and I may add that I met with no serious mishap to mar the pleasure of the journey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
